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I'M THINKINGTisdale Family8Y AN OLD REPORTERTISDALE FAMILY i. William B. Joyner, born inRcnison Tisdale appeared in the 1837, •Edgecombe County Census of 17D0 .2- John Wr.ghl B. Joyner, bornwith two males over sixteen years, 111 183»- , ....one under sixteen, three females, 3. James E Joyner born m 841one unuur sixteen, uuee ivui«iv*» . ^and twelve slaves. He resided J3fcnchc ^ Joy9er' bU’*somewhere south of Rocky Mount. 5 Newsome Joyner, born irIt is possible that he was a near relation of Edward and CuLhberL Tis-1045.0. Nancy C. Joyner, bom in 1849dale of Mecklenburg County, Vir- 7 Gilbert Joyner, born in 1851.ginia. At any rate, it seems likely Wiley Joyner, born in 1853.that he was the first of his family t)% Joseph “Joe” Joyner, born ii:in this part of North Carolina. He i855made his will in Edgecombe Coun- .ty on September 20,* 1808, probated WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY in February Court, 1818. (CONTINUED)Legatees and legacies: wife, “The most significant fact aboufeather bed and furnishings, horse, LJie jjfe 0f Washington? the Revolumare, saddle and bridle, 30 hogs, 3 tionary leader is not oiie fact but £ cows with calves, use of 850 acres thousand, the combined detail 0: and home, 4 slaves, household fur- |jie incredibly diflTjfalt situatior niturc, and fourth interest in a Washington had to face. Some 0: still; (2) son Henry Tisdale, one ja[s 0\^ s0ldiers may have known £ slave, f3i son William Tisdale, one considerable part of what he hac slave, M) son and executor Ed- t0 endure but posterity has no' ward Tisdale, one-fourth of still, ever vaguely sensed what he hac and set of blacksmith tools% lt;5 son to overcome of human pride, short and executor Philander Tisdale, coming and perversity. He lived or reversional interest in mother’s ^he brink. It may be doubted whe land, three slaves, saddler’s shop t}ier there was a time, prior to thi and tools, and one-fourth of the summer of 1781, when it could be still’s use, *6 daughter Elizabeth sajq ^viUi reasonable certainty tha Pierce, 2 pounds. (7) grandsons the continental cause would sur Joel Pridgen and Josiah Pridgen, vjve for sjx months longer. Tc to share one slave, lt;8* son-in-law wjiat did it owe its continued, H Hardy Pridgen, 2 pounds, (9) son precarious, existence? Beyond at in-law Elisha Horn, 2 pounds, (10) doubt, to the example and Charac granddaughters Tabitha Horn and ter of Washington more than t( Hansel Horn,’ to share one slStve, any single influence.” after grandmother’s death, (11) ... • . „ . ..grandson Martin Horn, one slave After referring to the excellenat grandmother's death, 112) assistance of the French artillery grandson -Larkcy Pridgen, one and engiinpfeg staffs in runmnj slave, (13) daughter Oncy Barnes, dlC Parallels and similar opeia one slave, (14) granddaughter Lc- Jjons at the siege of York town visa Tisdale, new feather bed and freeman continued; Washingtor furnishings, cow with calf, and $50, matched tins with a concentrqtioi (15) granddaughter Elizabeth Tis- that ranks with the best Eigli dale, one slave, and (16) witnesses teenth - Century achievements o Peter Gray, Rebecca Gray, Eliza- logistics, though Washington him belli Gray, and James Williams. not have unqerstoo(The undated will of Mary Tis- what we mean by that over-whipdale, widow of Renison Tisdale, pe^ .\vor^- ?ar?Ln?n 2e ^ was probated in Edgecombe Coun- teenth of August, 1781, when h*ty in May Court, 1820: (1) grand- ^as Hudson, that Didaughter Tabitha Joyner, wife of Grass es fleet was coming to \ irWrightson W. Joyner, half the £ima- lt;?,ne,moath laleE to the verjwearing apparel, 2 stone jugs, 2 tc!ay Washington rode into Wilblack bottles, cow, and half the re- Lamsburg in the knowledge thasi due of the estate, i2) grand- garras, pencil squadron # fromdaughter Elizabeth Tisdale, daugh- Newport, the French garrison o1 ter of Edwin Tisdale, bed and fur- tbal base, all their siege guns, thlt;1 nishings, half the wearing apparel, army.?0^ Rochambeau from thlt;i 2 stone jugs, -2 stone bottles, and York front, an American de1 half the residue of the estate, (3) tachment of 2,000 men and # thi■ executor Wrightson W. Joyner, and baggage of the hr.anco - America) ‘ (4) witnesses Philip Stallings and (?rces were moving towards himBenjamin Thornell. Before the end of September. ... .. t Washington had all these troo*. The above wills prove that Eli- and most of this equipment Yrsha Horn married — Tis- hand, and began his advance or; dale and had at least three child- the works of Cornwallis at York■ r?J:« , TT town. He used every means oi J* Tabitha Horn transportation he could find and hei “* ;Jorn somehow was able to co-ordinate* m xt n j ii i- t.v them. The Revolution producecTabitha Horn, daughter of Eli- nothing more remarkable/1i sha Horn, married Wright (son) b t ,t ,William Joyner, son of Jordan and Freeman, while conducting hit I Elizabeth Joyner of Nash County, monumental research through thi I He was born in 1789 and died in materials of the American Revo , 1856. Tabitha Joyncv apparently lution, discovered that the wintei died in 1835, since her former hus- of 1779-1780 that Washington spenl , band married on May 23, 1836, in at Morristown and Jockey Hollov 5 Edgecombe County, Emily Batts, “was a period of far worse suffer daughter of William Batts, Sr., of ing than the corresponding months Lbper Town Creek. There were at of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge , . . , least four children by the first Valley Forge has become emo marriage. tionally the symbol of patient suf*I. Emeliza Joyner married a fering during the Revolution, and Wiaver, will remain so, though one finds I Elisha J. Joyner married it somewhat perplexing to know Fnnees Joyner. why the hungering and shivering3 Amy Joyner married a Pend at Morristown have been so nearly J er.; _ forgotten, while the miseries o(4 Celcstia Joyner. the gloomy camp on the Schuylkill There were nine Joyner children are known to every child In the1 by the second marriage: fifth grade.”1ABOUND CAPITOL SQUARE
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